No Trespassing!: Squatting, Rent Strikes, and Land Struggles Worldwide (Paperback)

by Anders Corr (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"An extraordinary and ingenious work, looking at the heroic efforts of squatters all over the world who defy the laws of 'private property' where such laws deny the right of human beings to have a place to live. No Trespassing! is an invaluable resource for activists everywhere, at the same time instructive and inspiring." Howard Zinn, author of Marx in Soho, and A People's History of the United States) -- (Howard Zinn, author of Marx in Soho, and a People's History of the United States)

"Anders Corr's No Trespassing convinces me that committed activism, smart radical scholarship, and perceptive social thought are alive and well. A boon to squatters everywhere and to the radical tradition of non-violent direct action. A gold mine of movement histories, brimming with tactical and strategic political insights." -- James C. Scott, director, Yale University Program in Agrarian Studies; author, Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance

"No Trespassing! is an informed account of a worldwide challenge to property. A squatter's manifesto is at hand." -- Charles Geisler, Professor of Rural Sociology, Cornell University

"No Trespassing! is not only thoughtful and thoroughly researched, it's also an exhilirating read. I learned that there are solutions to the ever more dire housing shortage-at least for those who are bold and adventurous enough to try them!" -- Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Blood Rites

"Squatters of the world, arise! This inspiring book tells the rarely-chronicled story of your struggles. From landless peasants in Brazil to rent strikers in the Bronx, communities have resisted eviction and repression. Anders Corr, an experienced participant as well as a scholar of such movements, tells how they are organized, what makes them just, and what lessons can be learned to make them more effective." -- Jeremy Brecher, co-author of Global Village or Global Pillage, Second Edition

"Tough, erudite.... There is much to admire in this...rich mixture of reportage, philosophical rigor, and concrete advice for action." -- In These Times

Product Description
In No Trespassing! Anders Corr offers an international study on how people have taken over vacant buildings and unused land-and why it's a good idea. Personal research grounds Corr's writing, including a detailed study of fired banana plantation workers in Honduras whose homes, churches, and schools were bulldozed by Chiquita Brands International. In 1998, this small community forced the Cincinnati-based multinational to allot alternate land, rebuild homes and infrastructure, and provide for new self-managed business collectives. Corr also provides a vivid, insider's portrait of the San Francisco squatting organization Homes Not Jails, taking his readers along as activists wield crow-bars and savvy social skills to open vacant buildings and house dozens of homeless people every night. Based on examples from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and the United States, No Trespassing! offers timely insight not only for activists and academics interested in a global perspective on land and housing, but for everyone searching for strategies of social change and sources of popular revolt.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: South End Press (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896085953
• ISBN-13: 978-0896085954
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,034,631 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

  #72 in	Books > Professional & Technical > Law > Administrative Law > Land Use
  #73 in	Books > Nonfiction > Law > Administrative Law > Land Use

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Looking for a place to live for all, February 5, 2000

By	Margaret S. Mullins (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

NO TRESPASSING is a humane and scholarly look at homelessness, its root causes and its grass-roots remedies. The author has written a non-fiction, philosophical page-turner which should be in every homeless shelter, on every urban planner's desk, and on every corporate boardroom table. The book brings to bear the historical, political, philosophical, and human forces that shape homelessness and offers descriptions of solutions that have worked in today's world. Its an important read and a good one! Read it as you curl up in your warm house in a comfortable armchair, with a good reading light, a cup of hot tea in hand, and the knowledge that your chair, your light, your hot tea will be there for you tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.